U.S. companies ready to tap into Mexico’s legal marijuana industry March 15, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico this week moved closer to legalizing the use and sale of marijuana. And while details such as whether you need a license to grow up to six plants in your home are still up in the air, some American… Read More→
Mexico’s move to greenlight marijuana may pressure Biden March 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Mexico is on the verge of creating the world’s largest legal marijuana market, a move that could pressure President Joe Biden to embrace weed, too. Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies passed landmark legislation Thursday morning, ahead of an April 30 deadline… Read More→
Mexico’s landmark cannabis bill one step closer to becoming law March 9, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Two special committees of Mexico’s Lower House of Congress late on Monday approved a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana and sent it on to the full chamber, bringing it a step closer to creating one of the world’s largest markets… Read More→
Mexico Could Soon Become the Largest Legal Marijuana Market in the World February 25, 2021 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments When a crew of cannabis activists reached the Mexican Senate here in Mexico City in February 2020, shovels in hand, they started digging up the yellow-tipped bushes near the security check, then the knee-high grass that surrounds the plaza. They… Read More→
Will We See Mexico Legalize Cannabis In 2021? December 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments This month, I visited Mexico City in an effort to bolster momentum toward the passage of the groundbreaking Senate bill concerning cannabis legalization in the United Mexican States. In November, the Senate cannabis bill was passed and moved to the… Read More→
Supreme Court grants another extension to marijuana deadline in Mexico December 11, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments The Supreme Court (SCJN) on Thursday granted an extension to the lower house of Congress to debate the recreational use of marijuana. The court, which ruled last year that laws prohibiting the use of marijuana are unconstitutional, had set a… Read More→
Mexico is poised to legalize marijuana, but advocates don’t like the details November 9, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments It's the moment for which advocates of legal marijuana here have been waiting: Mexican lawmakers, working under a court order, have until mid-December to finalize rules that will make the country the world's largest market for legal pot. Advocates have… Read More→
Mexico is poised to become the biggest legal marijuana market in the world. Who will most benefit? October 12, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico’s marijuana revolution is on display steps from the nation’s Senate, where for the last nine months activists have maintained a fragrant cannabis garden. Each day, hundreds of people stroll amid a labyrinth of towering green plants, freely lighting joints… Read More→
Mexican Farmers Are Growing Cartel-Free ‘Ethical’ Weed April 26, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Cannabis production in Mexico is making a comeback, and this time it’s cartel-free. Independent farmers are now producing high-quality “ethical” weed—without the involvement of the country’s violent cartels. As the country prepares to create a legal weed market, cannabis producers and… Read More→
Most senators in Mexico say yes to cannabis legalization framework March 6, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments The legalization of marijuana is one step closer after three Senate committees broadly approved a draft bill that seeks to regulate the plant for medicinal, recreational and industrial use. At a joint meeting of the Justice, Health and Legislative Studies… Read More→
Mexico Senate Leader Seeks to Legalize Marijuana This Spring January 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico’s Senate is set to debate bills to legalize marijuana and regulate outsourcing in the coming period from February to April. The Senate will debate a bill co-authored by Senate Majority Leader Ricardo Monreal to regulate planting, production, labeling, sales… Read More→
Mexico Just Missed Its Deadline to Legalize Marijuana — Now What? November 4, 2019 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments The marijuana industry has been hitting milestones and breaking down barriers throughout North America with regularity in recent years. To our north, Canada became the first industrialized country to give recreational marijuana the green light on Oct. 17, 2018. More recently, on… Read More→
Mexico Unveiled Its Recreational Cannabis Bill: 8 Things You Need to Know October 23, 2019 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Over the past two years, milestones and history have been made with regularity for the cannabis industry. Last year, for example, we witnessed Canada become the first industrialized country in the world to give the green light to recreational marijuana. Regulations concerning… Read More→
Mexican Senate set to pass bill to legalize marijuana in next few days October 16, 2019 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Mexico’s Senate will vote for a bill to fully legalize marijuana in the next few days, a key lawmaker told Reuters, marking a major step toward changing the country’s approach to the drug by removing it as a source of… Read More→
Mexico May Be Just Weeks Away From Legalizing Marijuana October 14, 2019 AggregatedNews Mexico 0 Comments Last year, we saw marijuana history made many times over. Canada became the first industrialized country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana nearly one year ago, while the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its very first cannabis-derived drug. The… Read More→